Washington Commanders Marching Band
The Washington Commanders Marching Band is the marching band for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). The group was established in September 1937 by a local milk company and quickly embraced by team owner George Preston Marshall as The Redskins Marching Band.
The team marching band in 2016
The 110-piece Washington Redskins Band as it appeared in 1952, replete with over-the-top feathered war bonnets.
The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Commanders Field in Landover, Maryland; its headquarters and training facility are in Ashburn, Virginia. The team has played more than 1,300 games and is one of only seven in the NFL with more than 600 total wins. Washington was among the first NFL franchises with a fight song, "Hail to the Commanders", played by their marching band after every touchdown scored by the team at home. The Commanders are owned by a group managed by Josh Harris, who acquired the team from Daniel Snyder in 2023 for $6.05 billion.
George Preston Marshall founded the team in 1932 and was the last NFL owner to integrate black players.
U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting with the team in November 1971
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the team's home field from 1961 through 1996, was cited as having a strong home field advantage.
Joe Theismann at Redskins training camp in 1983